Talmud and Halakhah

Dov Lerner weaves together Scripture, midrash and rabbinic commentary in urging closer attention to tone in public discourse.

Shmuel Klitsner's insider perspectives on making a Hanukkah classic.

In honor of Shavuot 5784, Dalia Wolfson presents five new bilingual poems that explore the themes of the third perek of Mishnah Bikkurim and contemplate their possible inversion.

Yehoshua Pfeffer on self-abnegating vs. life-affirming teshuva.

Jeffrey Woolf contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

Yonah Lavery-Yisraeli offers a careful examination of an enigmatic discussion in the Shulhan Arukh’s laws on neighborly relations. She demonstrates how “radical presence” and attention to sensory details is an essential strategy for halakhic decision-making.

Ari Elias-Bachrach explores the science behind lab-produced meat and cheese and the possibility of a realistic kosher cheeseburger.

Michael (Avi) Helfand on a recent court case with implications for American Jews as members of both a religious and a minority community.

Dina Brawer explores "certainty" and "doubt" in rabbinic tradition.

Authors mis-citing citations on authors citing authors. What gives? Yiddish.